Hey Sean, just a note to say I (and I'm sure a LOT of people) are rooting for you. Here's to brighter days ahead. Sincerely, Janis

Hear, Hear.

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Sean,

I really appreciate it. I remember laying on the bed in the ER
trying to let it sink in that I was having a heart attack while having a heart attack. Looking forward to surgery and moving on in my life.

Reminds me of 2 years ago in the ER isolation ward when I had that severe case of Covid19 and wondered if I was going to die in that small green room ...

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Sean,

Good luck with that and hopefully it will help those issues.

I'm still waiting on the initial consulation call...it's a waiting game
when dealing with doctors.

I was able to get the second booster shot for Covid-19 yesterday...all
of them have been Pfizer, and the only bad effect was a sore left arm
deltoid, where I got the shot. This morning, I had to take the blood
pressure in the right arm. But, I've never had Covid-19 since it first
came out. However, I do know about "the redneck Covid-19 test". That's
where you pour your favorite wine in a glass, and bring it up to your
nose. Take a sniff, and if you can smell it, take a taste...if you can
taste it, you're negative -- repeat as many times as needed. <G>

Power was out here much of Monday, as the electric company was doing infrastructure upgrades. Yet, they gave me no notice of such, and I lost
all the food I had in the icebox...so, there's no food here now. I have
to go to the store later today to replenish the food supply. Unfortunately, very few (if any) foods have less than 250 milligrams of sodium per serving.

Daryl

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Hello Tom,

23 Apr 22 20:46, you wrote to All:

Wishing Daryl and Sean the best of luck with their recent health
issues. You put a lot of work into this newsletter Sean and it's fun
to read.

Thank you for your well-wished and complement. :)

Think both of you will do fine, and keep on keeping on.

I will be okay. I just have to "do the right thing" from now on so I don't chance another heart attack or something else.

-- Sean

... "A friend is... a second self." - Cicero
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Sean,

Thank you for your well-wished and complement. :)

This is not your normal you ...

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It depends on your insurance, your condition, and how long you have to
be there.

I cannot believe how so many Americans put up with the crap of your privatized health insurance system which its purpose is to make money off the patient, not to heal him/her.

\%/@rd

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Hello Warp,

24 Apr 22 19:16, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

Considering that it's all we have. It's not like the Canadians who
seem to have lots of things better than we do.

It's real names in here, sir.

-- Sean

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Ward Dossche wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

This is not your normal you ...

Not sure what you mean?

-- Sean

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This is not your normal you ...

Not sure what you mean?

Thank you for your well-wished and complement. :)

A spelling error ... I'm not used of that from you ... 8-)

\%/@rd

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Hello Daryl Stout!

** On Wednesday 20.04.22 - 18:12, Daryl Stout wrote to Dan Clough:

Try some *FRESH* food. Most of it is near ZERO sodium
content.

I can NOT stand for more than 15 seconds in one
spot...whether at the stove, sink, table, microwave
oven, toilet, or in the shower... or my legs will
spasm...the same thing on a scale at a medical clinic.

You spasm when standing on a scale for a few seconds? Man,
that's weird.

Just having some boiled eggs in the fridge can come in handy
from time to time. And.. you don't have to throw them out when
the electricity goes out or a day or two. You DO know how to
boil water, don't you?

There are numerous FRESH foods you can prepare sitting at the
kitchen table and that do not need serious cooking.

Pork chops and skinless chicken come out quite well in the
microwave. A baked potato comes out perfect in the microwave.

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Pork chops and skinless chicken come out quite well in the
microwave. A baked potato comes out perfect in the microwave.

Damn near all vegetables are fine in a microwave. Some sort of tupperware container (dollar tree probably sells them) that seals but can vent steam... put vegetables in, add a tablespoon or so of water, and two minutes on high... ta da. Carrots, broccoli, whatever.

Acorn squash... cut in half, scoop out seeds, seal a half with plastic wrap. Two minutes on high.

Both will be hot as hell coming out of the microwave, especially the acorn squash.


- Andre
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Re: 'stuff...'
By: August Abolins to Alan Beck on Sat Apr 23 2022 07:09 pm

Wishing Daryl and Sean the best of luck with their recent health issues. You put a lot of work into this newsletter Sean and it's fun to read.

Think both of you will do fine, and keep on keeping on.
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Vince,

IF it is in a fridge where the temperature is between +2 and +5c then yes. If in a freezer it will be good for 12+ hours assuming it is
normally at better
than -20c and you keep the doors closed.

For the fridge check the temp and if still below +8 it is still good.

Well, I wish I had known that...but it's too late now. I lost 3 small microwave pizzas, 2 things of butter, and 2 loaves of bread.

Note above temps are in centigrade.

That was no problem for me...although I can easily convert the temperatures between C and F if the values aren't too extreme.

I'll have to look for a thermometer I can stick in both...but right now,
with cardiac ablation surgery soon, finances are tighter than a frog's butt underwater. The surgery should take care of the atrial fibrillation...so, my heart won't (according to Jeff Dunham's Dummy, Peanut) "sound like a weedeater and a motorboat". :P

I have the consultation in late May, and the surgery should take place in early June.

Daryl

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August,

You spasm when standing on a scale for a few seconds? Man,
that's weird.

If it's real low, like the one in the bathroom, and I have the walls
to place my hands on, it'll keep me steady. But, the ones in the medical clinic, where I have to step up on them, and have nothing to hold on to,
that gets dangerous...and I'm a Fall Risk. As a side note, I like the meme
that notes the scales in the medical clinic, and it says "These things
offend me!! They need to be removed!!". <G>

Just having some boiled eggs in the fridge can come in handy
from time to time. And.. you don't have to throw them out when
the electricity goes out or a day or two. You DO know how to
boil water, don't you?

I can burn water. <G> Yet, I haven't used the stove here...let alone
turned on any of the TV sets, in the last 4 years...since I put my Mom
in a nursing home before her death.

There are numerous FRESH foods you can prepare sitting at the
kitchen table and that do not need serious cooking.

Pork chops and skinless chicken come out quite well in the
microwave. A baked potato comes out perfect in the microwave.

The harder part is finding food low in sodium...but with only given
a paltry amount of money on disability each month, and the price of
groceries are through the roof (the price of low sodium foods are on
the moon), I can't afford it. It's likely I have to cut my diet to
only 1 meal a day, with a very small quanitity of food, just to take
my medicine...then eat nothing else the rest of the day. That's not
very nutritious, though.

Plus, I'm looking at cardiac ablation surgery in early June...while
that will possibly get rid of the atrial fibrillation, but I may still
have to deal with congestive heart failure. I can deal with being on
Lasix once a day...I just do my errands early in the day (I have to be
up before the buttcrack of dawn to do my vital signs), and take it when
I get home.

Daryl

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Alan,

This is concerning and I am sorry for your medical bills.

So many folks don't have any kind of health insurance...and many of these illegals don't have a primary care physician (PCP)...so, they use the Emergency Room for all their medical stuff. And, most of them are indigent, and without insurance. So, that's why the medical stuff is so high. Big
Pharma hates it when certain prescriptions go generic.

When I was in the hospital wondering what it would cost if I was where
you are.

It depends on your insurance, your condition, and how long you have to be there.

If you come to Canada you will be issued a special number and you will
be treated for anything, for free for life. (I asked) It's just a fact that I did not know. I was surprised. I know a few Americans who moved here for the Sociaized medicine out of need. I think I would confirm
what that lady said to me.

I don't even go outside of central Arkansas anymore...especially with now having "suspect glaucoma"...even though the eye pressures are still around
15. But, I'm getting rainbow haloes and starbursts from vehicular headlights and streetlights...so I quit driving at night entirely. Depending on where
I am at, I have to allow plenty of time to be home by sunset. It's literally
a flashback to my childhood, when "I had to be home when the streetlight in front of our house came on". :P

Ambulance was $150

In the central Arkansas area, the Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) ambulance service, has a program called MEMS*ALERT. Depending on
your insurance (none, Medicare only, Medicaid only, or both...and whether
or not you are renewing (that saves $5), the fee (around $70 a year), pays
for ANY emergency ambulatory runs to the Emergency Room. Without such, the
bill can easily be over $1000.

It is a drag when you possibly can't work and you need the services you can't afford because you aren't. I know some Americans who are in that boat.

And, the greedy politicians in governement have no idea what's going on
in the real world...and they lament they can't survive on $175,000+ a year; they don't have a clue. That's why there's a meme showing them before and
after the election. Before the election, they give voters the thumbs up... after they're elected, they give voters "the bird"...vulgar, but true.

France has a wonderful medical system and housing and...............
My son lived there for a while living in a camper while teaching
school.

I likely will be in central Arkansas until I die.

I hear Cape Breton Nova Scotia is nice this time of year

The weather has been so crazy in many places...they just had a another
major blizzard in the northern US. To me, the only decent "Blizzard Warning" is when the Dairy Queen employee says "your confectionary treat is ready"
(I keep promising myself one of these) <G>.

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to August Abolins <=-

Just having some boiled eggs in the fridge can come in handy
from time to time. And.. you don't have to throw them out when
the electricity goes out or a day or two. You DO know how to
boil water, don't you?

I can burn water. <G> Yet, I haven't used the stove here...let
alone turned on any of the TV sets, in the last 4 years...

Why not........?

There are numerous FRESH foods you can prepare sitting at the
kitchen table and that do not need serious cooking.

The harder part is finding food low in sodium...but with only
given a paltry amount of money on disability each month, and the
price of groceries are through the roof (the price of low sodium
foods are on the moon), I can't afford it.

I continue to be confused by your statements on this... Do you realize
that food does not have to be "packaged"? By that I mean things in
cans, cardboard, plastic. ALL packaged food is VERY high in sodium. Generally, *FRESH* food has VERY LITTLE sodium and is MUCH healthier for
you to eat. I think we've already told you all this... Stuff like
potatoes, fresh vegetables, fruits. Do you not ever buy stuff like
that? Why on earth would you "never" use your stove to cook something?
I just can't seem to grasp such a concept.

It's likely I have to
cut my diet to only 1 meal a day, with a very small quanitity of
food, just to take my medicine...then eat nothing else the rest
of the day. That's not very nutritious, though.

It certainly is not. With all your health problems, that would likely
be a very bad thing to do. Are you eligible for some kind of assistance program from your local community, or state program? "Food stamps" or whatever we call it these days? Have you looked in to that?

Honestly, Daryl, all your problems seem to be somewhat "self-induced".
Eating only processed foods that you "cook" in the microwave is LIKELY
one of the root causes of many of your health problems. Do you want to
fix that, or just continue on as you are?



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On 25 Apr 2022, Ward Dossche said the following...

It depends on your insurance, your condition, and how long you have to be there.

I cannot believe how so many Americans put up with the crap of your privatized health insurance system which its purpose is to make money
off the patient, not to heal him/her.

Considering that it's all we have. It's not like the Canadians who seem to have lots of things better than we do.

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Tom,

Wishing Daryl and Sean the best of luck with their recent health
issues. You put a lot of work into this newsletter Sean and it's fun
to read.

Think both of you will do fine, and keep on keeping on.

I think of the joke where the pastor is asking the church Sunday School
class full of elderly folks, why they believe The Good Lord has allowed
each of them to live to such a ripe old age.

Without missing beat, and without batting an eye, one silver haired
old lady piped up "To test the patience of my relatives". <G>

And, another deal came to mind...which makes a great QWK Mail Tagline:

"I'm not a dirty old man...just a sexy senior citizen". <G>

Daryl

... These Brownies don't taste anything like Girl Scouts.
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Should be fixed...

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Dan,

I can burn water. <G> Yet, I haven't used the stove here...let
alone turned on any of the TV sets, in the last 4 years...

Why not........?

I've had no desire to watch TV...and am usually busy with ham radio
traffic nets in the evening.

I continue to be confused by your statements on this... Do you realize that food does not have to be "packaged"? By that I mean things in
cans, cardboard, plastic. ALL packaged food is VERY high in sodium.

Well, I'm now being removed from home health care, because I'm not "homebound" (stuck at home without transportation). But, while I could
get groceries and medications delivered if I sold the car, I would have
no way to get to doctors appointments, etc. All my friends work and have
family during the week, and after what happened to me with Uber, I'm
afraid to try Lyft.

I checked the price of low sodium foods, and I can't afford them. The government took away my SSI nearly 16 years ago, because they said that
between my wife and I, that $1500 a month was too much money...don't get
me started on that. I get less than that now, and apparently they feel
that's still too much money...it's not worth getting food stamps or other assistance. They'd rather give benefits to illegal aliens for their votes, instead of folks who truly need it.

I can NOT stand in one spot for more than 15 seconds without my legs
shaking, and my risking falling. I can NOT see the progress of things
cooking on the stove if I'm seated, and surely can't stir things if I
am seated. I am a fall risk, and if I go down, I won't be able to call
for help...and will just die on the floor.

Frankly, I'm tempted to just sell the car, disconnect the internet, the
BBS, and cellphone...and cut myself off from the outside world.

Daryl

... Being born is bad for your health; it leads to death.
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